My poem is a finalist! (and there are memes)

September 9, 2022 /

This week’s update will be short, because as I lamented last week, my day job is kicking my butt. Also, I’m trying to get a whole bunch of stuff done before next Friday, when Long-Suffering Husband and I are escaping to the White Mountains (the ones in AZ, not NH) for 3 days of forested fun to celebrate our 32nd (!!!!!) anniversary. That said, I do have some exciting writing news to share this week, plus a fresh batch of memes, but first: welcome to the Weekend Coffee Share, hosted by Natalie the Explorer! Grab a treat, have a seat, and let’s get to it.

Writing News

My poem, “The Future Held in Store,” is a finalist in the Arizona Authors Association annual literary contest! Winners will be announced at the awards banquet in early November, and all finalists will be published in the association’s annual literary magazine. I’ve never had a poem published before, so I’m over the top excited.

I still have 2 short stories on submission, so I’m still obsessively checking my Gmail. Oh, well. Everyone needs a hobby.

Skeleton sitting on bench with text, "Me waiting for responses to my submissions"

The Memery

No theme this time, but I found some good ones.

First, an oldie but goodie that popped up in my Facebook memories:

Yup. My plan for the zombie apocalypse is to eat *all* the brains.

Long-Suffering Husband does this every. damn. time.

That feeling when you realize that somewhere out there, a meme-maker can see into your soul:

This next one made me literally LOL, which tells you all you need to know about my classiness and sophistication. But hey, at least I got the joke.

A couple of weeks ago I shared a meme about raising a teenager. Here’s another one:

Also sighing, random swearing, and wandering through the kitchen to stare into the fridge (which is full of food) and demand to know if there’s anything to eat.

Since we’re on the subject of bad attitudes:

Science fun

I mean… it’s true.

Also true.

And that, kids, is why you should pay attention in science class.

I keep rereading that one and giggling, mostly because I love octopuses (or octopi or whatever the hell the correct plural form is).

Some years ago, someone disproved the Five Second Rule. Clearly that person had never dropped their last piece of chocolate.

Speaking of chocolate:

Home Ec

(Is Home Ec still a thing? Damn I’m old.)

Here’s another great home cooking project:

And another one:

Here’s one for fall:

On that note, brace yourselves, because it’s time for:

Potty humor!

You don’t know how much I want to do this:

Not potty-related, but I also really want to do this:

Welcome to the supermarket from hell:

And finally:

(Want more memes? Check out my IWSG post from earlier this week fpr a batch of writing memes.)

On that classy note, I’m going to sign off, go to Michael’s, and hope they have one of those “Lick the Bowl” signs in stock. Spoiler alert: it will not be located in the kitchen.

How about you? What kind of classy activities do you have queued up for this weekend?

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